Street or railway car fender or guard



(No Model.)

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- body being, in the case of old cars, attached Y cle of considerablediameter, yet not so great EMIL KEMNITZ, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

STREET RRAILWAY CAR FENDER OR GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LetterstPatent No. 524,207, dated August'7, 1894.

Application filed October 27. 1893.

To all whom iztmay concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL KEMNITZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Streetand RailwayCar Fenders or Guards; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the Invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to fenders for street and railway-cars, &c.

The object is to produce a simple, efficient, and inexpensive device, bywhich a body may be removed from a railway-track by a car without injuryeither to the body or to the car.

With this object in view, the invention consists of the device and itsdetails of construction, substantially as hereinafter set forth and Theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 represents a perspective view of a street-car with my improved fenderapplied; Fig. 2a perspective view of the inner sideof the fender; Fig.3a vertical sectional view of the fender; and Fig. 4 a perspective viewof one of the rollers.

In the drawings, Adesignates the platform of a car with which is formed,in the case of new cars a body, B, extending in front, the

thereto in any suitable manner. The body, B, has a convex front, thecurve being practically about the arc of a circle and of a cirbut thatthe curve will be well rounded, so that an object struck will be movedto one side or the other. The lower part of the body, B, is composed ofa frame, I), having a series of openings, at each side of whichis a rodor bar, b Between each pair of rods or bars, b is arranged a roller Bwhich is suitably mounted in the frame in such manner as to permit ofits free revolution. The preferred manner of mounting the rollers is byproviding their lower ends with projections, 19 which extend into aplate, I), and by providing, at their upper ends, a pin, b having onSerial No. 489,290. (No model.)

between the rods or bars, o in such manner that only a small portion ofthe surface of each projects beyond the front of the frame, and therollers are of asize and shape almost completely and, also, uniformly toclose 'the space between the rods or bars, 19 thereby preventingpossibility of passage between them and the rods or bars of any largeobject, or the catchingand holding of the same. As shown, the rollersare preferablycylindrical, whereby they maybe placed quite closelytogether.

The rollers, B are composed of, or their outer faces are provided with,a coating of some elastic, soft, or yielding material such as indiarubber, felt, or the like, so that, an object struck will not beinjurednor causein: jury to the car or its occupants.

Below the plate, b, is attached, by any suitable means, as, forinstance, by the pin, 19 on the roller, B a depending curved plate, bwhich extends downward to withinashort distance of the track. Thisplate, h is prefably composed of rubber, or other suitable softsubstance, and, as it depends from the front face of the fenderinadownward direction, any object with which it comes in contact will beraised and thus be prevented from getting under the car. The lower partof the plate, h is preferably sustained by a bar, I)", whereby it willbe retained in suitable position with reference to the plate, b

The rollers may be of any suitable length according to the uses to whichthe fender is to be put.

It will, of course, beunderstood that the body, B, is suitably braced,so that bending or injury to the same by coming incontact with a humanbeing or other object, will be prevented.

It will be obvious that my invention has also this advantage, that ifthere are two tracks, one beside the other, and an object is struck by alocomotive or car on one track, it cannot be run over on the othertrack. The

object will either be thrown between the tracks or to one side.

The advantage ofgiving to the fender a substantially uniformly curvedfront face, as shown, instead of giving it any prominent projection,will be apparent at once. By the form employed, possibility of distinctinjury from a pointed or a reduced portion will be avoided. An objectstruck by the curved front face of my fender will be removed from thetrack with a minimuin amount of bruising or other injury.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is

1. A fender, comprising a body provided with upright rollers arranged,practically, in the form of the arc of a circle of large diameter, thatis, of substantially uniform general curve outward, avoiding markedprominence of the curve or at any portion thereof, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

2. A fender having upright rollers arranged in a curve of moderate andpractically uniform convexity outward or toward the front, that is, in acurve without marked prominence in whole or in part, the rollers beingcomposed of or provided with a coating of elastic, soft, or yieldingsubstance or material, substantially as set forth.

3. A fender consisting of a body provided with a series of rods or barshaving placed between them and projecting to the frontbeyond them,upright rollers arranged in a curve of moderate and practicallyuniformconvexityoutward, avoiding any marked prominence, substantially asdescribed.

4. A fender having upright rollers arranged in a curve of moderate andpractically uniform convexity outward,the rollers being cylindrical,whereby they may be set close together along their entire length toprevent any large object passing through them orbeing caught and held atany part of their length, substantially as set forth.

5. A fender, comprising a series of rollers arranged in a curve and adepending plate designed to extend to a short distance from the track,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturein

